rost

See also:Rost,róst,ròst,rôt,röst,Røst,andрост

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):/ɹəʊst/

Etymology 1

Noun

rost(pluralrosts)

1. (Scotland)Alternative form ofroust(a strong tide or current)

References

• “rost”,inWebster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary,Springfield, Mass.:G. & C. Merriam,1913,→OCLC.

Etymology 2

Verb

rost(third-person singular simple presentrosts,present participlerosting,simple past and past participlerosted)

1. Obsoleteform ofroast.
   • 1595,George Peele,The Old Wives’ Tale,The Malone Society Reprints, 1908, lines 82-85,^[1]

     Well Masters if you will eate nothing take away: Come, what doo we to passe away the time? Lay acrabin the fire torostfor Lambes-wooll[…]

   • 1612,John Smith,Map of Virginia,Kupperman, published1988,page138:

     Their corne theyrostin the eare greene, and bruising it in a morter of wood with a Polt, lappe it in rowles in the leaves of their corne, and so boyle it for a daintie.

   • 1669,John Baptista Porta,Natural Magick,page322:

     […]and care must be had torosthim so leasurely, that he neither burn, nor continue raw: for when the skin seems crup, it is a sign all isrosted,and the Polenta is taken away.

Noun

rost(countableanduncountable,pluralrosts)

1. Obsoleteform ofroast.
   • 1575,“Gammer Gurton’s Needle”, inA Select Collection of Old Plays.[…],2nd edition, volume II, London:[…]J. Nichols; for J. Dodsley,[…],published1780,page20:

     I love noroſt,but a nut-brown toſte, and a crab layde in the fyre, / A lytle bread ſhall do me stead, much breade I not deſyre.

   • 1600,S[amuel] R[owlands],The Letting of Humours Blood in the Head-Vaine.[…],London:[…]W. White for W. F., page 9:

     WhenThraſomeets his friend, he ſweares by God, / Vnto his Chamber he ſhall welcome be: / Not that hee’le cloy him there withroſtor ſod, / Such vulgar diet with Cookes ſhops agree: / But hee’le preſent moſt kinde, exceeding franke / The beſtTabacco,that he euer dranke.

   • 1611,The Holy Bible,[…](King James Version), London:[…]Robert Barker,[…],→OCLC,Isaiah44:16,column 1:

     He burneth part thereof in the fire: with part thereof he eateth fleſh: he roſtethroſt,and is ſatiſfied: yea hee warmethhimſelfe,and ſaith; Aha, I am warme, I haue ſeene the fire.

   • 1634,A Strange Metamorphosis of Man, Transformed into a VVildernesse. Deciphered in Characters.,London:[…]Thomas Harper,[…]sold by Lawrence Chapman[…]:

     IfPluto’streaſury be golden Mynes in the bowels of the earth, this is his Kitchin, ſeated in his cellars there, or his Coalehouſe rather, where hee ſtores his fuell for hisroſts.

Adjective

rost(notcomparable)

1. Obsoleteform ofroast.
   • 1510,“Notes from an Old City Account Book”, inThe Archaeological Journal.[…],volume XLIII, London:[…]the Office of the[Royal Archaeological]Institute,[…],published1886,page172:

     The secund covrse / Creme off almondsRostconey plouers small byrds & custard

   • 1622,Relation or Iournall of the Beginning and Proceedings of the English Plantation Setled at Plimoth in New England, by Certaine English Aduenturers Both Merchants and Others.[…],London:[…][J. Dawson]for Iohn Bellamie,[…],page47:

     After ſupper we went to reſt, and they to fiſhing againe: more they gat and fell to eating a freſh, and retayned ſufficient readieroſtfor all our break-faſts.

   • 1623,G[ervase] M[arkham], “Of the Outward and Actiue Knowledge of the Hous-wife; and of Her Skill in Cookerie; as Sallets of All Sorts, with Flesh, Fish, Sauces, Pastrie, Banqueting-stuffe, and Ordering of Great Feasts: Also Distillations, Perfumes, Conceited Secrets, and Preseruing Wine of All Sorts”, inCovntrey Contentments, or The English Husvvife.[…],London: Printed by I. B. for R. Iackson,[…],→OCLC,page126:

     Next them all ſorts ofRoſt-meates, of which the greateſt firſt, as Chine of beeffe or Surloine, the Gigget or Legges of Mutton, Gooſſe, Swan, Veale, Pig, Capon, and ſuch like.

   • 1649,Εικων Ἡ Πιστη[Eikōn Hē Pistē].Or, The Faithfull Pourtraicture of a Loyall Subject, in Vindication ofΕικὼν Βασιλική[Eikṑn Basilikḗ].[…],[London]:[s.n.],page61:

     […]will you take the foam of a mad dog, and put it into your pot of pottage, to poyſon half the family, that you may have the moreroſtmeat to your ſelves?

Anagrams

• RTOS,RTOs,TROs,orts,rots,sort,tors

Breton

Etymology

FromOld Frenchrostir,ofWest Germanicorigin.

Noun

rostm

1. roastedmeat

Catalan

Etymology

Uncertain. Perhaps of pre-Roman origin.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):(Central,Balearic,Valencia)[ˈrɔst]

Adjective

rost(femininerosta,masculine pluralrostsorrostos,feminine pluralrostes)

1. steep

Noun

rostm(pluralrostsorrostos)

1. a steepslope

Further reading

• “rost”inDiccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició,Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “rost”inDiccionari català-valencià-balear,Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Danish

Verb

rost

1. pastparticipleofrose

Dutch

Pronunciation

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• Rhymes:-ɔst

Adjective

rost

1. superlative degreeofros

Anagrams

• rots,stro,tros

Hungarian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):[ˈroʃt]
• Hyphenation:rost
• Rhymes:-oʃt

Etymology 1

Uncertain. Perhaps from an unattested stem +-t(noun-forming suffix).

Noun

rost(pluralrostok)

1. fiber

Declension

Inflection (stem in-o-,back harmony)
	singular	plural
nominative	rost	rostok
accusative	rostot	rostokat
dative	rostnak	rostoknak
instrumental	rosttal	rostokkal
causal-final	rostért	rostokért
translative	rosttá	rostokká
terminative	rostig	rostokig
essive-formal	rostként	rostokként
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	rostban	rostokban
superessive	roston	rostokon
adessive	rostnál	rostoknál
illative	rostba	rostokba
sublative	rostra	rostokra
allative	rosthoz	rostokhoz
elative	rostból	rostokból
delative	rostról	rostokról
ablative	rosttól	rostoktól
non-attributive possessive - singular	rosté	rostoké
non-attributive possessive - plural	rostéi	rostokéi

Possessive formsofrost
possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	rostom	rostjaim
2nd person sing.	rostod	rostjaid
3rd person sing.	rostja	rostjai
1st person plural	rostunk	rostjaink
2nd person plural	rostotok	rostjaitok
3rd person plural	rostjuk	rostjaik

Etymology 2

Borrowed fromGerman,more specifically from Bavarian. CompareRost(“grill”).

Noun

rost(pluralrostok)

1. grill(grid of metal to roast food on)

   Synonyms:rostély,vasrács

Declension

Inflection (stem in-o-,back harmony)
	singular	plural
nominative	rost	rostok
accusative	rostot	rostokat
dative	rostnak	rostoknak
instrumental	rosttal	rostokkal
causal-final	rostért	rostokért
translative	rosttá	rostokká
terminative	rostig	rostokig
essive-formal	rostként	rostokként
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	rostban	rostokban
superessive	roston	rostokon
adessive	rostnál	rostoknál
illative	rostba	rostokba
sublative	rostra	rostokra
allative	rosthoz	rostokhoz
elative	rostból	rostokból
delative	rostról	rostokról
ablative	rosttól	rostoktól
non-attributive possessive - singular	rosté	rostoké
non-attributive possessive - plural	rostéi	rostokéi

Possessive formsofrost
possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	rostom	rostjaim
2nd person sing.	rostod	rostjaid
3rd person sing.	rostja	rostjai
1st person plural	rostunk	rostjaink
2nd person plural	rostotok	rostjaitok
3rd person plural	rostjuk	rostjaik

Further reading

• (fiber):rostinBárczi, GézaandLászló Országh.A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára( “The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language”, abbr.:ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992:→ISBN
• (grill):rostinBárczi, GézaandLászló Országh.A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára( “The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language”, abbr.:ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992:→ISBN

Lombard

Etymology

FromOld Frenchrostir,ofWest Germanicorigin.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):/ˈrɔʃt/

Noun

rostm(invariable)

1. roast

Lower Sorbian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):[rɔst]

Verb

rost

1. supineofrosć

Middle English

Etymology 1

Noun

rost

1. Alternative form ofroste(“roast”)

Etymology 2

Noun

rost

1. Alternative form ofrust

Etymology 3

Verb

rost

1. Alternative form ofrosten(“to roast”)

Polish

Etymology

FromProto-Slavic*orstъ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):/ˈrɔst/
• Rhymes:-ɔst
• Syllabification:rost

Noun

rostminan

1. (dialectal)Alternative form ofwzrost

Declension

Declension ofrost

	singular	plural
nominative	rost	rosty
genitive	rostu	rostów
dative	rostowi	rostom
accusative	rost	rosty
instrumental	rostem	rostami
locative	roście	rostach
vocative	roście	rosty

Related terms

nouns

• dorost
• narost
• odrost
• podrost
• porost
• przedrost
• przerost
• przyrost
• rozrost
• wodorost
• wyrost
• wzrost
• zarost
• zrost

Further reading

• rostin Polish dictionaries at PWN

Romanian

Etymology

InheritedfromLatinrōstrum.CompareAromanianarostu.Compare also related meanings in Albanianrast.

Pronunciation

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Noun

rostn(pluralrosturi)

1. order
2. sense,meaning

   Synonym:sens

3. purpose,aim
4. justification
5. job
6. (obsolete)mouth

   Synonym:gură

7. (obsolete)the faculty ofspeaking,speech

   Synonym:vorbire

Declension

Declension ofrost

	singular		plural
	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un)rost	rostul	(niște)rosturi	rosturile
genitive/dative	(unui)rost	rostului	(unor)rosturi	rosturilor
vocative	rostule		rosturilor

Related terms

• rosti

Swedish

Etymology

FromOld Swedishrost,fromOld Norse*rustr,fromProto-Germanic*rustaz,fromProto-Indo-European*h₁rewdʰ-.

Noun

rostc

1. (uncountable)rust(on iron or steel)
2. (uncountable)rust(plant disease)
3. agridiron,agrill

Declension

Declension ofrost

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	rost	rosts
	definite	rosten	rostens
plural	indefinite	rostar	rostars
	definite	rostarna	rostarnas

Derived terms

• brödrost(“toaster”)
• rost i kalsongerna
• rostfri
• rostpendel
• rostskydd

Related terms

• rosta
• rostig

References

• rostinSvensk ordbok(SO)
• rostinSvenska Akademiens ordlista(SAOL)
• rostinSvenska Akademiens ordbok(SAOB)

Anagrams

• Tors,orts,rots,sort,stor,tros

Talysh

Etymology

Cognate withPersianراست(rāst).

Adjective

rost

1. right(dexter)